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It has fallen to the humble lot of the undersigned to Have 
presented to the American people, a third edition of the 
Biographies of the two above named highly distinguished 
patriotic citizens, whose constant devotion to the best interest 
of our Government has led to their designation , as a 
testimony of the estimation in which their services are re- 
garded by the people whom they have served, as candidates 
.for the two first offices 'within the gift of a free, happy and 
flourishing Nation. This token of 'respect gives to the 
world additional proof that faithful services shall not go unre- 
warded. 

The object of this appeal to the republican portion of our 
fellow citizens, is to obtain their co-operation in the circula-" 
tion of an edition of 100,000 copies of the joint 'Biography 
oif Martin Van Buren, and Richard M. Johnson, enlaiged, 
reVi«ed, and roneeted, so as to be valuable to every lover of i is 
co. .'"./, .a.': a. ce honorable to the distinguished « iti:- ;■ i i cM 
wk, the fi'RQf'i/??, infena sttD further to honey, i>< \] ■■:•'.' eleva- 
tion to the offices of President, and Vice President of the 



United Sftate -, in the election of 1936. Thus we shall per- 
petLiit, d »!>- of .Jeliiv-on, which have been so >ig- 

null / :evhed, nobly acted upon, and triumphantly carried 
out by A i>;:r,". Jackson, who, spurning all flattery, knew 
iVM the rv. itm.i;, the whole people, and r : .«-ir 
re </><■: 'i>-< h i . i !!•. 3 of their fortunes, whether , ich 
QVjppor.i ti'iH rendering his name and his renown as durable 

The arrangement of the volume will be as follows: — 
ist. PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON, 
To v hom the volume will be inscribed, with an address by 
the Publisher. 

2d. PORTRAIT OF MARTIN VAN BUREN, 

To be followed In his Biography, enlarged, inchw':,;. 
several vahiaU'e documents iliust ative of his public char- 
i •! . and i xhjbiting the magical powers of his gigantic mind, 
which fas ever been devoted to sustain the rights of his 
mm try and. the. glory and prosperity of his fellow citizens. 

3d. PORTRAIT OF RICHARD M. JOHNSON. 

To be followed by his Biography, enlarged, including 
\;u' us Speeches, Sunday Mail R> ' oj ts. and other ('< qu- 
. illustrative : f his long continued and bighlv valuable 
public. life, which has e\er beep devcted to the gotod of his 
country ; including an authentic acccunt of the fall oi t! e 
renowned Indian warrior Teci msf.ii, en the ever memorable 
5th of Oct ber, 1813, with an engraved view oi the battle- 
field. 

The work will be cpri pi it in one vqhmc, of atom [< ( 
pages. The price to be fixed at the moderate sum of on* 



(3) 

dollar, * neatly bound v. ith cloth backs ; or calf and gilt, with 
the additional expense of binding. The work, which is now 
in a state of preparation, shall be such as to give entire sat ; s- 
faction ; as it is in the hands of gentlemen who have, for u<-'.ilv 
forty years, been personally and intimately acquainted with 
the private and public life of the above named distinguished 
citizens. 

The celebrated address of the Honorable Thomas H. 
Benton, of Missouri, bearing testimony to the high character 
of Martin Van Bu en ; and the eloquent Speech of the Hon- 
orable James Barbour, of Virginia, in the United States 
Senate, portraying the chivalry of Colonel Johnson, on the 
field and in the councils of the nation, will be appended to 
thd work. 

: As there is among our. republican citizen?, an extensive 
population of German origin, the Work will appear simulta- 
neously, in both the English and the German languages. 
It will therefore be necessary for subscribers who wish to have 
the work in the German to signify the same on the sub- 
scription book. 

! It will, in order to give prompt and extensive circulation to 
the work, be indispensable for all subscribers to pay at the 
time of subscribing — all money to be at a proper time for- 
warded with the li^ts of signatures to the publishing commit- 
tee — which will be duly made known by a notice in the 
Washington Globe. 

\* Democratic editors disposed to encourage the work, 
will 'confer a favor, which will be gratefully acknowledged by 

* The publ<c must be aware the eii^i avmgs are woith nearly the price 
fixed for the bonk, 



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the sob;. -'U)Oi, in giving publicity to tlie above and receiving 
ti »iis at their respective offices, to whom a reasonable 
j e: :entage will be allowed. 

The people's obedient servant, 

WM. EMMONS. 
W«.sHf>CTON City, June 1, 1835. 

N„ P. — Gentlemen receiving this Prospectus are respect- 
ful? \- rejue-ted to attach to it paper with the following head 
ing, for ffie reception of Subcribers' names. 



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